[Tutor] Fwd: python qn

[Danny Yoo]

Forwarding to python-tutor.


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From: Carmel O'Shannessy <carmelos at umich.edu>
Date: Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Tutor] python qn
To: Danny Yoo <dyoo at hashcollision.org>


thanks,
this worked:

times2 = [float(i) for i in times[:2]]

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Danny Yoo <dyoo at hashcollision.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 8:08 AM, Carmel O'Shannessy <carmelos at umich.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > times  =  ['50.319468', '50.319468', 't1']
> >
> > I want to convert  [0:2] to floats.
> >
> > I tried:
> >
> > float.times = [float(i) for i in times[:2]]
>
> Hi Carmel,
>
> Do you intend to have a variable named "float.times" here on the left
> hand side of the assignment?
>
> If so, try a different name.  What's happening is not variable
> assignment, but member assignment.  The above statement is saying:
>
>     Take the "float" type, and set its "times" attribute to the right hand side.
>
> And that's almost certainly not what you want to do.




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